Best-selling author, Hollywood producer, and Kamala Harris supporter Stephen King spread the easily disproven lie that then-President Donald Trump did not want to be photographed with amputee veterans. In fact, Trump posed for numerous photographs with amputee veterans during his time as Commander in Chief, including with a Marine Corps veteran who had lost limbs in the Oval Office.
Stephen King has not removed the X post he made on Thursday in which he made the ridiculous allegations, which have been viewed millions of times and reposted thousands of times despite being false, nor has a community note been issued to correct King’s post.
Trump did not want to be photographed with veterans who had lost limbs. “It’s not a good look,” he said.
—John Kerry—— Stephen King (@StephenKing) August 8, 2024
In 2019, then-President Donald Trump met with Marine Corps Sergeant John Peck, a quadruple amputee who received implants in both arms at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Trump was photographed with Peck in the Oval Office.
#Trump I met Marine Sergeant John Peck, a quadruple amputee who received a double arm transplant, at Walter Reed in 2017. Today, I am honored to welcome John (our hero) and his amazing wife Jessica to the Oval. He has also written a book that I highly recommend… pic.twitter.com/jb0S0WGKxE
— Trump Supporter (@troopsfortrump) May 13, 2019
Many have called Stephen King out for his blatant lies, calling him a “worthless piece of shit.”
You are truly a liar and worthless piece of trash. https://t.co/tEue0Ze8FQ pic.twitter.com/j4ziKYg89H
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) August 8, 2024
🚨Must Watch: In 2016, President Trump met with a disabled supporter who was born without arms, who wanted him to sign an autograph using a prosthetic hand.
Trump signed his arm and touched his face to give people a sense of human contact.
Share this post and let people know the real Trump hidden behind the fake news! pic.twitter.com/RSk42NU2Dq
— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) June 12, 2024
Stephen King is world famous for his novels. pic.twitter.com/PPfehuOOjr
— Blaire White (@MsBlaireWhite) August 8, 2024
Stephen King has a history of spreading fake news to smear conservatives and Republicans.
As reported by Breitbart News, King falsely claimed that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (D) signed a bill in 2022 that would require Florida students and professors to register their political views with the state. The law in question requires Florida’s public universities to conduct an annual survey on the topic of “intellectual freedom and diversity of views,” although participation in the survey is entirely voluntary.
The previous year, the novelist had falsely claimed that 1,200 people had died from COVID-19 in Florida in a single day, apparently conflating the reported number of deaths with the number that actually occurred on that day.
King was referring to the latest CDC statistical report for Florida, which showed Thursday’s death toll was up 1,296 from the total reported the previous day — a figure that does not represent deaths that occurred on Thursday, but rather deaths over an unspecified period that could go back several weeks.
The novelist has yet to delete the erroneous tweet from 2021.
Florida recorded 1,200 coronavirus deaths yesterday.
Not a whole week or a whole month, just one day.— Stephen King (@StephenKing) September 10, 2021
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